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You can’t have one without the other
This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is, if you you can’t get buy-in from other people, if other …
Talking about a revolution
“Permanent Revolution” is an old idea, first put forth by Leon Trotsky, back in the early days of the Soviet Union. Well, as any history buff …
The never ending search for meaning
Back in college in Austin, if I ever declared my dislike of a certain rock group or pop singer, the standard reply from my friends …
It’s all about the adventure, baby.
The oldest story in the Western Canon is an adventure (The Iliad). The most successful movie franchise is history is an adventure (Star Wars). We …
What do you want to be when you grow up?
People spend far too much time worrying about the physicality of their jobs. What kind of money they’d like to make, what kind of office …
How to scale your genius
So you’ve decided to be a creative genius. Good for you. A world of opportunity awaits. Not to mention money, groupies and plaudits. Just remember …
Let’s Get Equal
Happy Equal Pay Day! It’s 2018, let’s get equal. Right now, a woman is being interrupted, called difficult, receiving a poorer performance review, being passed over …
Thinking about reverse engineering culture?
The famous opening lines in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: “All happy families are the same. All unhappy families are different in their own way.” A lot …
Do you have the stamina?
What is self-determination? Basically, it means that it’s better to paddles one’s own canoe, than to wait around to be invited onto somebody else’s yacht. …
It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it.
So you didn’t come from the right family or go to the right school or have the right friends or work for the right company …
What’s your story?
Like the old saying goes, people don’t remember stats, they remember stories. Go to any cocktail party. The girl trying to impress the guy isn’t talking about …
Is your creative thinking boosting your career?
Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland once made a great observation about the Eurotunnel, the 25+ mile underwater tunnel linking France and England. The joke was that, instead …
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